Sentence examples for issue the matter from inspiring English sources

While nominally an environmental issue, the matter has taken on the overtones of a trade dispute, risking tensions between German regulators and European Union officials.

After initial talks to try and resolve the issue, the matter has been put on hold since the Mumbai attacks last November in which 165 people were killed, fuelling tensions between the two quarrelsome neighbours.

As a practical matter, the issue has apparently been moot.

If Hungary fails to satisfy the commission on those issues, the matter could go to the European Court of Justice, which has the authority to fine Hungary.

While the speakers touched on a panoply of foreign-policy issues, the matters left unaddressed were telling.

They will focus constantly on the heart-of-the-matter issues and execute fiercely.

"I always wanted to be able to talk about the issues that mattered most to the people," he said.

"There's no need to compromise on one of the issues that matters to you.

With labor at his side, he talked about the issues that mattered to people.

As a consequence, the issue became a matter of intense debate during the IAU General Assembly in August 2006.

But beyond the purely bureaucratic issues, larger matters loom.